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\"     @(#)vipw.8       8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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Dd September 4, 2005
Dt VIPW 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm vipw
Nd edit the password file
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm
Op Fl d Ar directory
Sh DESCRIPTION
Nm
edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks,
and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked.
If the password file is already locked for editing by another user,
Nm
will ask you
to try again later. The default editor for
Nm
is
Xr vi 1 .
Pp
Nm
performs a number of consistency checks on the password entries,
and will not allow a password file with a
Dq mangled
entry to be
installed.
If
Nm
rejects the new password file, the user is prompted to re-enter
the edit session.
Pp
Once the information has been verified,
Nm
uses
Xr pwd_mkdb 8
to update the user database.  This is run in the background, and,
at very large sites could take several minutes.  Until this update
is completed, the password file is unavailable for other updates
and the new information is not available to programs.
Pp
The options are as follows:
Bl -tag -width flag
It Fl d Ar directory
Change the root directory of the password file from
Dq Pa /
to
Ar directory .
El
Pp
If a
Nm
session is killed it may leave
Dq Pa /etc/ptmp ,
which will cause future
Nm
executions to fail with
Dq Pa vipw: the passwd file is busy ,
until it is removed.
Sh ENVIRONMENT
If the following environment variable exists it will be used by
Nm :
Bl -tag -width EDITOR
It Ev EDITOR
The editor specified by the string
Ev EDITOR
will be invoked instead of the default editor
Xr vi 1 .
El
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
It Pa /etc/master.passwd
The current password file.
It Pa /etc/ptmp
Temporary copy of the password file used while editing.
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr chpass 1 ,
Xr passwd 1 ,
Xr pwhash 1 ,
Xr passwd 5 ,
Xr passwd.conf 5 ,
Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
Xr user 8
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
command appeared in
Bx 4.0 .

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